Albums
Cascading Keys
2012
Release Date: 2012
By Pitchfork
Reviewed May 20, 2012
If you've heard Alice Cohen's name floating around underground zones in recent years, it may well be from her music videos for the likes of Ducktails, Coasting, and K-Holes, characterized by their stop-motion animations and psychedelic collage work. But Cohen, of Brooklyn, is also a seasoned recording artist, having fronted both major-label 1980s new wave group The Vels as well as the 1990s grunge band Die Monster Die.-=-=-=-
On June 12, she'll release her third solo effort since 2008, a home-recorded pop collection titled Pink Keys. Check out its opening cut, "Cascading Keys", a sweeping track with a 1980s feel pinned by the steady, analog thump of a vintage Linn machine. Pink Keys, mixed by Chris Moore (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TVOTR, Liars), comes via the Olde English Spelling Bee label, which has been revived after an 18-month hiatus.
An accompanying video by Micki Pellerano is at The Quietus.